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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

कदा पश्यति तीर्थं वै कदा नस्तारयिष्यति । इति प्रतीक्षां कुर्वन्ति पुत्राणां सततं नृप । शूलभेदे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा शूलधरं सकृत्

Transliteration

kadā paśyati tīrthaṃ vai kadā nastārayiṣyati | iti pratīkṣāṃ kurvanti putrāṇāṃ satataṃ nṛpa | śūlabhede naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā śūladharaṃ sakṛt

Translation

„Wann wird er die heilige Furt erblicken—wann wird er uns hinüberführen zur Erlösung?“ So, o König, warten die Ahnen unablässig auf ihre Söhne. Doch in Śūlabheda gilt: Hat ein Mensch gebadet und auch nur einmal den Herrn geschaut, der den Dreizack trägt, ist die Befreiung gewiss.

Word by Word
कदाwhen
कदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदा (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: 'when')
पश्यतिsees
पश्यति:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
तीर्थम्the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
तीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक/उपपद-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
कदाwhen
कदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदा (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sampradāna/Adhikāra (Beneficiary/possessor: 'of us')
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन (plural); एन्क्लिटिक रूप 'नः'
तारयिष्यतिwill deliver/save
तारयिष्यति:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); causative sense in usage 'to cause to cross/save'
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
प्रतीक्षाम्waiting/expectation
प्रतीक्षाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular)
कुर्वन्तिdo / keep (waiting)
कुर्वन्ति:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
पुत्राणाम्of (their) sons
पुत्राणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन (plural)
सततम्always
सततम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसतत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन (singular)
शूलभेदेat Śūlabheda (place)
शूलभेदे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशूलभेद (प्रातिपदिक: शूल + भेद)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'शूलस्य भेदः'
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative), एकवचन (singular)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), 'having bathed'
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), 'having seen'
शूलधरम्the trident-bearer (Śiva)
शूलधरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशूलधर (प्रातिपदिक: शूल + धर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन (singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष: 'शूलं धरति'
सकृत्once
सकृत्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसकृत् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/आवृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: once)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing a King (nṛpa) (deduced from vocative nṛpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A son-pilgrim reaches a forested ford named Śūlabheda, bathes, and beholds Śiva as Śūladhara; in the subtle background, pitṛs wait with uplifted hands, their faces turning from anxiety to relief.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śūlabheda
Ś
Śūladhara (Śiva)
P
Pitṛs (implicitly)

FAQs

Pilgrimage and devotion are portrayed as acts of filial responsibility that uplift the pitṛs; Śiva-darśana is especially salvific.

Śūlabheda-tīrtha, where bathing and seeing Śiva (Śūladhara) grants deliverance to one’s ancestral line.

Snāna (ritual bath) at Śūlabheda and darśana of Śiva, even once.

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